The Valley 10-8

This week on The Valley 10-8: deputies and town marshals knocking on doors along the Verde River as the floodwater rose, a Buckeye mother who remembered the plate, a Tempe tip ask on a kidnapping near campus, and the boring detective work that solved a south Phoenix murder.

Our good cop is Chandler motor officer Brian Larison, in his own words, and the window on the 60 that would not break. We also go inside the walls with Arizona's corrections officers, look at Phoenix's new police records fees, and have an honest conversation about the Preston Lord petition in Gilbert.

Tape courtesy of Chandler Police, Arizona's Family and ABC15.

If you or someone you love needs help: National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233. Tips: Silent Witness, 480-WITNESS.

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Phoenix Police Officer Tyler Moldovan was shot eight times on a routine call in December 2021. This week, five years into his fight back, he stood in a courtroom and saw the man who shot him sentenced to life in prison. We honor Tyler, his wife Chelsea, his family and his partner, Officer Zach Johnson, who ran toward the gunfire.

Also this week:

• Mesa: a traffic stop near University and Extension ends with a 17-year-old shot during a foot chase. What we know, and what we don't yet.
• Sunland Avenue follow-up: Phoenix PD's body cam release, officers trying PepperBall first, and the replica gun at the end of it.
• The good cops: Detective Mike Hillman of Phoenix PD's Community Response Squad, the liaison to the Police Chief's Jewish Advisory Board, the 2025 Arizona Faith Network Community Hero, and in his own words, "the most Jewish Christian you'll ever meet."
• DPS needs your help: troopers are looking for a silver Mercedes GLC with front-end damage after a fatal hit-and-run on northbound I-17 near Indian School Road on Friday, October 23. If you know something, call DPS.
• K-9 Maty retires after six and a half years with the DPS Canine District, and a Halloween safety note.
• The honest conversation: what the Cronkite News Howard Center found about Phoenix PD's community advisory boards, and what a meeting count can't measure.

To every officer, deputy, trooper and dispatcher working this week: thank you. We see you.

We are in service.

The Valley 10-8 is back after seven months off the air. Two weeks of Arizona law enforcement, call by call.

In this episode:

South Phoenix: officers try PepperBall first before a man with a gun and a knife raises his weapon.

Mesa: an off-duty officer working a Halloween party returns fire after a teen shoots at the security guard.

Tolleson: a man with a knife walks into a hotel lobby full of people.

Mesa: a 13-hour traffic stop where officers tried everything to save one man.

Glendale: the body cam from an August standoff that started with a daughter's 911 call.

North Phoenix: a homicide arrest in two days.

Cactus Park Precinct: two officers who bought a little girl her birthday.

The Maricopa County appeal to end the federal monitor over the Sheriff's Office.

The honest conversation: the wrongful-death lawsuit over the Christian Diaz Rendon shooting, and the one second after "show me your hands."

If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988. Tips on unsolved cases: Silent Witness, 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377), or 480-TESTIGO in Spanish.

Corrections and tips are always welcome.

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Phoenix police have been involved in five fatal shootings in two and a half months and three in five days. Every single one involved an armed suspect who refused commands. A man with a shotgun holding a woman and child hostage. A man walking at officers with a handgun after three kids were shot nearby. A man with a rifle fleeing a domestic violence call. A driver who rammed two officers while tethered to a cruiser. And a barricade suspect who shot down a police drone before officers entered. The NTSB preliminary report on the Flagstaff helicopter crash points to a catastrophic rotor failure, not gunfire, and two DPS families deserve every answer that final report contains. Someone shot at a Phoenix Police helicopter last night. An 18-year-old passenger is dead after a hit-and-run driver fled on foot. And we ask the question the department needs to hear: when does Chief Giordano step to the microphone and tell the city what his officers are walking into every night? No cop worship. No cop bashing. Just the street, the systems, and the humans caught in between.

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A man is dead after a joint DPS and Phoenix Police shooting on I-17 and we're waiting on details. Phoenix PD honors over 150 officers and civilians at its annual awards ceremony while the county attorney calls violence against law enforcement "troubling." Tempe Tavern sues the city for $9 million claiming targeted raids and a smear campaign but the numbers tell a very different story. An ASU student is charged with felony voyeurism at Hayden Library. A three-year-old girl taken from her Avondale home is rescued by a moving crew and a gas station security guard who refused to look the other way. And Gilbert PD wants your 7th and 8th grader for spring break. No cop worship. No cop bashing. Just the street, the systems, and the humans caught in between.

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A father disarms a home invader, pins him to the ground, and his family screams to police that it's over. An officer fires one second after shouting a command. Now the family wants $25 million and the county attorney still hasn't decided on charges. Plus a south Phoenix officer catches a bullet tackling a man who pointed a gun at his own daughters. Two cops hospitalized after a speeding driver rams their patrol car at 3 AM. The Arizona House kills a bill requiring police to show their faces. The Senate passes a bill requiring every arrest in the state to trigger an ICE call. And Phoenix rolls out e-bikes downtown. No cop worship. No cop bashing. Just the street, the systems, and the humans caught in between.

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Arizona law forces police to sell the guns used to kill their own officers. A bipartisan bill to fix it had everyone's support — then its own author killed it.

Plus: the UA Hillel vandalism and what it means for Jewish safety on campus, why Phoenix cops clearing $400K isn't the scandal you think it is (blame the 500-officer shortage, not the officers), and the Arizona Rangers — volunteers with badges and guns who aren't cops, aren't regulated, and aren't accountable. Four stories. Zero shootings. All system failures. New episode of The Valley 10-8.

The Valley 10-8 Special: The Diaz Shooting. What the Bodycam Actually Shows

A father tackles a gunman who just fired dozens of rounds into his house. He disarms him. He pins him to the ground. His family calls 911 screaming "we got him." And then a Phoenix police officer shoots him through his own front door.

The bodycam is out. The 911 audio is out. The doorbell footage is out. And the internet has already decided this is simple. It's not.

This episode breaks down the dispatch failure, the split-second decision, why the calls to arrest Officer Valenzuela don't survive contact with actual law, why Arizona is charging the home invader with the murder a cop committed, and what every officer and dispatcher in this state should be asking right now. No cop worship. No cop bashing. Just the part nobody wants to deal with. The middle.

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The Valley 10-8: We Are In Service — Arizona Law Enforcement Podcast

The only podcast covering officer safety, police shootings, and law enforcement reality in the Phoenix metro and across Arizona — in real time, with real facts, and zero spin.

Fifteen officer-involved shootings in Arizona in the first six weeks of 2026. Two DPS troopers killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff. A Phoenix police officer who shot and killed an unarmed father who had disarmed an active shooter. An officer fighting for his holstered weapon during a routine shoplifting call in Goodyear. Two cops shot in Queen Creek over a hit-and-run. This is not a true crime podcast. This is what's happening right now on the streets where you live.

The Valley 10-8 covers what matters to Arizona law enforcement and the communities they serve: officer-involved shootings, use of force incidents, body camera footage breakdowns, critical incident briefings, dispatch and 911 communication gaps, police training and tactics, officer mental health and morale, department accountability and transparency, and the recruiting and retention crisis facing agencies across Maricopa County and the state.

Hosted by Rabbi Pesach Lattin from Phoenix, Arizona, The Valley 10-8 breaks down real incidents from Phoenix Police, Mesa PD, Chandler Police, Goodyear Police, Gilbert PD, Scottsdale PD, Glendale Police, Queen Creek Police, Tempe PD, Arizona Department of Public Safety DPS, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office MCSO, and agencies across the Valley and statewide. Every episode uses verified public records, official press releases, critical incident briefing videos, and sourced news reporting.

No cop worship. No cop bashing. No cable news takes. Just the street, the systems, and the humans caught in between.

Whether you're a sworn officer, a dispatcher, a recruit, a police family member, a criminal justice student, a local journalist, or a civilian who wants to actually understand what happens between a 911 call and an officer arriving on scene — this show is for you.

New episodes weekly. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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